---
name: "Dark Confidant"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "FIN"
set_name: "Final Fantasy"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Immanuela Crovius"
oracle_id: "2068185c-1b50-47d0-aa3f-bf505d199428"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dark-confidant-fin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dark Confidant
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dark Tutelage](/printing/dark-tutelage-m11.md) — Enchantment
2. [The Keeper of Dark Pacts](/printing/the-keeper-of-dark-pacts-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Pain Seer](/printing/pain-seer-bng.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Keen Duelist](/printing/keen-duelist-soc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Duskmantle Seer](/printing/duskmantle-seer-clu.md) — Creature — Vampire Wizard
6. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy (FIN) #94
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Immanuela Crovius

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-08-07)* If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- *(2025-06-06)* If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.